A Wiki for Water
Airtime: Wed. Aug. 11 2010 | 7:40 AM ET
A look at an electronic platform from Blue Planet Network that strives to bring safe drinking water to 200 million people over the next 20 years, with CNBC’s Brian Shactman.

Airtime: Wed. Aug. 11 2010 | 7:40 AM ET
A look at an electronic platform from Blue Planet Network that strives to bring safe drinking water to 200 million people over the next 20 years, with CNBC’s Brian Shactman.

Ray Dalio, founder & CIO of Bridgewater Associates, runs the world’s largest hedge fund with $89 billion under management, returning more for the fund’s investors last year than Google, Amazon, Yahoo and eBay combined.

The European Central Bank kept interest rates on hold as widely expected Thursday. Chris Watling, CEO of Longview Economics, considers the outlook for the European economy.

“The euro is a very credible currency, a currency that has a track record of keeping its value (and) is a major asset for investors,” ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet told CNBC after the central bank left interest rates on hold Thursday.

Joshua Birnbaum, a former managing director in the structured products group at Goldman Sachs, delivers his opening statement before a Senate panel that alleges Goldman profited from the housing meltdown and made billions at the expense of clients.

Insight on the latest jobless claims and trade deficit figuers, with CNBC’s Rick Santelli & Steve Liesman.

Phillip Deans, professor of international relations at Temple University of Japan, says U.S.-Japan ties are strong and are unlikely to change under prime minister Naoto Kan. He also discusses Japan’s new cabinet line-up, with CNBC’s Oriel Morrison.